Even though this is a temporary boat I don’t want any cheesy boat names like Breaking Wind or Off Da Hook adorning the stern. Those are kinda funny and no offense to those whose boats have those names…but that’s just not my style.

While all this was happening, I decided to do some cleaning up in the cabin and was buzzed several times by a mud dauber wasp. Although these wasps look VERY menacing, I know from experience they’re not aggressive at all and usually won’t bother me, I didn’t want it on the boat.

For the foreseeable future this will be a singlehanded sailing blog. Sometimes, changes are necessary in life and what may seem like negative changes can ultimately end up being the best possible outcome.

Sweat…I’m no stranger to sweat, and I can certainly appreciate the idea that working hard, or working out hard (thus producing sweat) can have curative properties. Oftentimes, I find myself feeling much better about how things are going when I get some good old-fashioned elbow grease going on a project.

I was hoping it’d just be a simple sensor that needed replacing or something equally as easy [and inexpensive]. Nope, not with my luck. I went by there today and saw the entire top half of the engine off!